[Question #13343] Throat Ghonorrhea Timeframe

 
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4 days ago
If I gave cunnilingus to an escort and somehow acquired oral gonorrhea exactly 22 days before I gave cunnilingus to my partner, is it likely the oral gonorrhea would have already cleared before I gave cunnilingus to my partner in that time frame?
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Edward W. Hook M.D.
3 days ago
Welcome back to the Forum although I'm not sure why you have returned.  You asked the same question of Dr. Handsfield a day ago and he replied- " "what would you say the percentage chances are that I have infected my partner with gonorrhea?" Zero. First, the chance a typical female escort has gonorrhea is very low. Second, when vaginal gonorrhea is present, the chance of catching it by performing cunnilingus is probably under one chance in a thousand. Third, when present in the mouth or throat, gonorrhea has never been known to be the source of a female's infection by cunnilingus." The answer has not changed in the last 24 hours.  He also pointed out that when gonorrhea is present the body typically clears it even in the absence of therapy.  After 3 weeks, in the most unlikely circumstance that you had been infected, your partner would be at virtually no risk (in science we never say never as strange things happen but the scenario you describe is simply not worth worrying about.  

You need to put your guilt aside and move forward.  EWH
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